NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM INVENTORY NUMBER 1997-7923 SELWYN PEARCE HIGGINS ARCHIVE CONTENTS PERSONAL PAPERS 3 RAILWAY NOTES AND DIARIES 4 Main Series 4 Rough Notes 7 RESEARCH AND WORKING PAPERS 11 Research Papers 11 Working Papers 13 SOCIETIES AND PRESERVATION 16 Clubs and Societies 16 RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY PAPERS 23 Light Railways and Tramways 23 Railway Companies 24 British Railways PSH/5/2/ 24 Cheshire Lines Railway PSH/5/3/ 24 Furness Railway PSH/5/4/ 25 Great Northern Railway PSH/5/7/ 25 Great Western Railway PSH/5/8/ 25 Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway PSH/5/9/ 26 London Midland and Scottish Railway PSH/5/10/ 26 London & North Eastern Railway PSH/5/11/ 27 London & North Western Railway PSH/5/12/ 27 London and South Western Railway PSH/5/13/ 28 Midland Railway PSH/5/14/ 28 Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway PSH/5/15/ 28 Midland and South Western Junction Railway PSH/5/16 28 North Eastern Railway PSH/5/17 29 North London Railway PSH/5/18 29 North Staffordshire Railway PSH/5/19 29 Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway PSH/5/20 29 Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway PSH/5/21 30 Railway and General Papers 30 EARLY LOCOMOTIVES AND LOCOMOTIVES BUILDING 51 Locomotives 51 Locomotive Builders 52 Individual firms 54 Rolling Stock Builders 67 SIGNALLING AND PERMANENT WAY 68 MISCELLANEOUS NOTEBOOKS AND PAPERS 69 Notebooks 69 Papers, Files and Volumes 85 CORRESPONDENCE 87 PAPERS OF J F BRUTON, J H WALKER AND W H WRIGHT 93 EPHEMERA 96 MAPS AND PLANS 114 POSTCARDS 118 POSTERS AND NOTICES 120 TIMETABLES 123 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 134 INDEX 137 Original catalogue prepared by Richard Durack, Curator Archive Collections, National Railway Museum 1996. Catalogue amended and updated by Marion Berry, Assistant Curator Archive Collections, National Railway Museum, 1999 2 PSH/1 PERSONAL PAPERS PSH/1/2/1-5 Part of a diary of an Alpine holiday, including an account of a rail journey from London to Salzburg, Jul - Aug 1905. PSH/1/3 War Department rail warrants, tickets and authorisations concerning Pearce Higgins' wartime service. 1941–1946. [25 items] PSH/1/4-6 Letter from the Headmaster of Liverpool college concerning PH's application for post of Curator of Historical Relics with British Transport Commission Jan 1951, including folder "Folio of original contributions, photographs, etc” 1952. [1 file 2 docs] 3 PSH/2 RAILWAY NOTES AND DIARIES Pearce Higgins began to make notes and observations on railway matters in the early 1920s. At first these consisted largely of lists of engine names and numbers collected at his home at Worcester, and at school at Knowle and Malvern, but the later notes became more varied and deal with a wide range of subjects and locations. They are particularly interesting for the period of the Second World War. The notes and diaries have been divided into two series. The first consists largely of diaries written up from rough notes. It begins in 1922, when Pearce Higgins was eleven years of age, although most of the early volumes were compiled at a later date. Coverage is good for the period to 1944 but there are gaps, notably for 1924, 1934 and 1937. After 1944 coverage is only intermittent. The second series comprises rough notes and jottings. Most of these were used in the compilation of the main series of diaries but not all were copied up and these rough notes can be used to cover gaps in the main series. At the end of the second series is a group of loose notes and notebooks which are either unidentified or cover a mixture of subjects. In addition to these general notes and observations, Pearce Higgins also compiled volumes on specific railways which are listed in a later section of the catalogue. Main Series PSH/2/1 Diary, 28 Feb 1922 - Dec 1923, compiled 1931; and containing additional notes on "Paddington Workings", July 1931. [1 volume] PSH/2/2 Diary, 22 Jan - 3 Apr 1924, compiled July 1931. [1 volume] PSH/2/3 Diary, 2 Jan - 31 Dec 1926. [1 volume] PSH/2/4 Diary, 1 Jan - 31 Aug 1927. [1 volume] PSH/2/5 Loose papers removed from PSH/2/4, 1 Jan - 31 Aug 1927. [2 items] PSH/2/6 Diary, 3 Sep - 20 Dec 1927. [1 volume] PSH/2/7 Loose papers removed from PSH/2/6. [1 bundle] PSH/2/8 Diary, 1 Jan - 17 Aug 1928. [1 volume] PSH/2/9 Loose papers removed from PSH/2/9. [1 bundle] 4 PSH/2/10 Diary, 18 Aug - 21 Dec 1928. [1 volume] PSH/2/11 Diary, 1 Jan - 6 Aug 1929. [1 volume] PSH/2/12 Loose papers removed from PSH/2/11. [1 bundle] PSH/2/13 Diary, 6 Aug - 30 Dec 1929. [1 volume] PSH/2/14 Loose papers removed from PSH/2/13. [1 bundle] PSH/2/15 Diary, 1 Jan - 15 Sep 1930. [1 volume] PSH/2/16 Diary, 2 Oct - 5 Dec 1930, compiled November 1940. [1 volume] PSH/2/17 Diary, Jan - 25 Jul 1931. [1 volume] PSH/2/18 Diary, 26 Jul - 5 Dec 1931. [1 volume] PSH/2/19 Diary, 7 - 29 Dec 1931, compiled May 1940. [1 volume] PSH/2/20 Diary, Jan- 4 Jul 1932. [1 volume] PSH/2/21 Diary, 6 Jul - 6 August 1932. [1 volume] PSH/2/22 Diary, 8 - 26 Aug 1932. [1 volume] PSH/2/23 Diary, 14 Sep - 26 Oct 1932, compiled September 1940. [1 volume] PSH/2/24 Diary, 27 Oct - Dec 1932, compiled October 1940. [1 volume] PSH/2/25 Diary, 4 Jan - 7 Jul 1933. [1 volume] PSH/2/26 Diary, 16 Jul - 7 Jul 1933. [1 volume] 5 PSH/2/27 Loose paper removed from PSH/2/26. [1 item] PSH/2/28 Diary, 29 Sep - 12 Dec 1933, compiled November 1940. [1 volume] PSH/2/29 Diary, 14 Jan - 12 Mar 1935. [1 volume] PSH/2/30 Diary, 11 Jan- 27 Apr 1936. [1 volume] PSH/2/31 Diary, 28 Apr - 22 Aug 1936. [1 volume] PSH/2/32 Diary, 1 Jan - 26 Jul 1938. [1 volume] PSH/2/33 Diary, 1 Jan - 9 Oct 1939. [1 volume] PSH/2/34 Diary, 10 Oct - 31 Dec 1939. [1 volume] PSH/2/35 Loose paper removed from PSH/2/34. [1 item] PSH/2/36 Diary, 1 Jan - 27 Jul 1940. [1 volume] PSH/2/37 Loose papers removed from PSH/2/36. [1 bundle] PSH/2/38 Diary, 31 Jul - 30 Nov 1940. [1 volume] PSH/2/39 Diary, 9 Jan - 30 Jul 1941. [1 volume] PSH/2/40 Diary, 1 Aug - 23 Dec 1941. [1 volume] PSH/2/41 Loose papers removed from PSH/2/40. [1 bundle] PSH/2/42 Diary, 5 January - 16 July 1942. [1 volume] PSH/2/43 Loose papers removed from PSH/2/42 PSH/2/44 Diary, 2 Jan - 24 Aug 1943. [1 volume] 6 PSH/2/45 Loose papers removed from PSH/2/44. [1 bundle] PSH/2/46 Diary, Aug - 26 Dec 1943. [1 volume] PSH/2/47 Loose papers removed from PSH/2/46. [1 bundle] PSH/2/48 Diary, Jan - 16 Feb 1944. [1 volume] PSH/2/49 Loose papers removed from PSH/2/48. [1 bundle] PSH/2/50 Diary, Jul 1948. [1 volume] PSH/2/51 Loose papers removed from PSH/2. [1 bundle] PSH/2/52 Diary, Jul 1949 - Aug 1962. [1 volume] PSH/2/53 Loose papers removed from PSH/2. [1 bundle] PSH/2/54 Diary, 25 May 1960-5 Oct 1971. [1 volume] PSH/2/55 Loose paper removed from PSH/2/54. [1 bundle] Rough Notes A series of notebooks containing rough, and sometimes unidentified, notes about various railways and associated subjects. PSH/2/56-59 Notebooks containing lists of engine names and numbers with details of locomotives seen, including Great Western Midland, London & North Western and London Tilbury and Southend Railways, c. 1923 – 1926. [4 volumes] PSH/2/60 Notebook containing details of Midland Railway locomotives seen, c.1923 - 1926, together with rough notes, Oct 1924- May 1926. [1 volume] PSH/2/61 Notebook containing details of London & North Western Railway and London Midland & Scottish Railway locomotives seen, 1923 – 1928. [1 volume] 7 PSH/2/62 - 63 Notebooks containing details of Great Western Railway locomotives seen, c. 1923 -1929, with rough notes, Aug 1925-Aug 1929. PSH/2/64 Notebook containing rough notes, including lists of Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Caledonian Railway, Glasgow and South Western Railway, North British Railway locomotives etc., 1923 – 1925. [1 volume] PSH/2/65 Rough notes, includes notes made on a visit to the Kinver Light Railway on 10 July 1931, Sep 1924- Sep 1935 [1 bundle] PSH/2/66-67 Notebooks containing rough notes, Jul - Sep 1925. [2 volumes] PSH/2/68 Rough notes, Jul 1928 - Feb 1935. [1 bundle] PSH/2/69 Rough notes, May - Oct 1932. [1 bundle] PSH/2/70-71 Notebook containing rough notes, Apr - Jul 1940. [2 volumes] PSH/2/72 Notebook containing rough notes with additional notes at back of book, September 1935, Jul - Aug 1940. [1 volume] PSH/2/73 Notebook containing rough notes, August 1940. [1 volume] PSH/2/74 Rough notes, c. Sep 1940-Jan 1942. [1 bundle] PSH/2/75-76 Notebooks containing rough notes, Dec 1940 - Oct 1941. [2 volumes] PSH/2/77 Loose papers removed from PSH/2/75 - 76. [1 bundle] PSH/2/78 Notebook containing details of locomotives seen, Feb - Dec 1941. [1 volume] PSH/2/79 Loose papers removed from PSH/2/78. Rough notes including a brief history of the Longmoor Military Railway and a letter from his brother John Pearce Higgins.